THE HARYANA Police Academy ( HPA) -- a premier institute imparting
training to the state's policemen -- is caught in a controversy
after media reports accusing some officers of sexually exploiting two
woman constables.

The alleged scandal involves a few IPS officers of the academy
situated in Madhuban town in Haryana's Karnal district.

On Tuesday, the Indian National Lok Dal ( INLD), the major
opposition party in the state, demanded the Central Bureau of
Investigation ( CBI) be allowed to probe the allegations.

It also claimed to have submitted the complaints filed by the
victims to the governor. " We have informed him about the
malpractices that are going on in the HPA and how woman officers are
sexually exploited by senior officers there," a party spokesperson
said.

INLD chief and former chief minister Om Parkash Chautala, who met
governor Jagannath Pahadia, said he had submitted evidence relating to
the " Madhuban sex scandal". " We believe the governor
will deal with this issue very seriously and appropriately.

We have submitted copies of written complaints by the woman
constables to him. We have also apprised him of the entire issue,"
Chautala told media outside Haryana Raj Bhawan.

The Haryana police have registered an FIR against the owner of a
vernacular paper, Kuldeep Singh Sheoran, reporter Ajay Deep Lather and
eight other people, including its printer, for publishing "
fabricated scandalous and false facts". The management of over a
year- old newspaper published from Rohtak, Hisar and Noida, however,
maintained the reports in the paper were based on facts.

The FIR lodged on December 14 by Suman Manjari, superintendent of
police, HPA, alleged the newspaper published the reports to defame the
image of the academy and scandalise its staff and trainees.

Academy director V. N. Rai said a detailed report on the issue
would be sent to the police headquarters, which would be forwarded to
the government later.

vikas. kahol@ mailtoday. in

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